Moroni

Moroni was, according to the Book of Mormon, the last Nephite prophet, historian, and military commander who lived in the Americas in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. In 1823, he appeared in a vision to Joseph Smith and presented the historical golden plates to him, leading to Smith writing the Book of Mormon.

Biography
Moroni was the son of Mormon, and he was named for Captain Moroni, and earlier Nephite hero. He served under his father, who commanded 230,000 Nephite warriors, during his battles against the Lamanites. Upon the Nephites' defeat at Cumorah, Moroni became a wanderer in hiding, and he completed the Nephite record, abridging it and writing chapters 8 and 9 of the Book of Mormon, the entire Book of Moroni, and the title page of the Book of Mormon. He also added the Book of Ether into the plates, abridging the writings of the Jaredites. He then claimed to have spoken with Jesus and received visions of the future, and he buried the plates in a stone box on a hill in what is now Wayne County, New York after completing the records. In 1823, he was said to have been resurrected as an angel in order to lead Joseph Smith to the plates.